Cotton-sack carrier



No. 6l8,087. Patented Ian. 24, I899. W. G. HAMILTON.

COTTON SACK CARRIER.

(Application filed Feb. 21, 1898.)

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\VESTON G. HAMILTON, OF TONA, TEXAS.

COTTON-SACK CARRIER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 618,087, dated January24, 1899.

I Application filed February 21,1898- Serial No. 6711189: (N0 motlelilTo mZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, WEsToX G. HAMILTON, a citizen of the United States,residing at Tona, in the county of Kaufman and State of Texas, haveinvented a new and useful Cotton-Sack Carrier, of which the following isa specification.

This invention has for its object the provision of a skid for supportingthe cotton sack when harvesting cotton which will be light, strong, andlessen the laborof the fieldhand during the operation of picking thecotton.

The invention also contemplates a device for the purpose aforesaid whichwill be simple in construction and inexpensive and which will supportthe sack in such a manner as to obviate injury thereto and enable it tobe drawn over wet places without injury to the cotton contained therein.

Other objects and advantages are contemplated and will appear in thecourse of the subjoined description, to which reference is to be had, inconnection with the drawings hereto attached, for a full understandingof the merits and details of the invention.

The improvement is susceptible of various changes in the form,proportion, and the minor details of construction without departing fromthe principle or sacrificing any of the advantages thereof, and to afull disclosure of the invention an adaptation thereof is shown in theaccompanying drawings, in which Figure l is a perspective view of theskid. Fig. 2 is a rear view thereof. Fig. 3 is a detail view of a runnerand the adjacent rear corner portion of the frame. Fig. a is a detailsection on the line X X of Fig. 8, looking in the direction of thearrow.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the followingdescription and indicated in all the views of the drawings by the samereference characters.

The frame and runners of the skid are integral and formed of a singlelength of wire of proper gage in order to provide a substantialstructure for the purpose designed. The frame may be of any outline inplan elevation, and, as shown, is of rectangular form and composed ofside bars 1, afront barQ, and complementary rear bars 3, the lattertouching at their longitudinal edges and mutually sustaining and bracingeach other. The middle portions of the rear bars 3 are in horizontalalinement, and the end portions are in substantially vertical alinement,the intermediate parts being partially twisted to admit of the differentportions of the bars 3 lying in the different relative planes. The freeend portions of the bars 3 are lowermost and are bent vertically andthence downwardly, forming eyes 4, which receive the corner portionsbetween the side bars 1 and the rear bars 3. The eyes at are obliquelydisposed, thereby admitting of the corners between the rear and sidebars lying within the space bounded by the said eyes. The end portionsof the wire extend downwardly and rearwardly and are flattened, formingrunners 5, which support the rear end of the frame. The shank portionsof the runners come in front of the end portion of the rear bars 3 andare braced thereby, and the strain and load imposed upon the runnerswill tend to cause a contraction of the eyes 4 and cause them to gripthe rear corner portions of the frame more firmly. By the disposition ofthe runners entirely in rear of the frame a springy motion is providedfor the frame when drawing the same over the ground, and thus ease thedraft, as will be understood. The side bars 1 are straight, whereas thefront and rear bars are depressed intermediate of their extremities soas to conform to the sack and prevent the same slipping off the skidsidewise.

A brace-wire 6 is located intermediate of the side bars 1, and its rearend is bent into an eye, which receives the middle portion of the rearbars 3, thereby serving to hold them in intimate relation. The frontportion of the brace-wire 6 is bent around the middle portion of thefront bar 2 and is extended forwardly and curved upwardly, as shown at7, and terminates in a hook 8, which latter is adapted to engage with aloop or strap secured to a side of the cotton-sack. The brace wire 6 isof a gage corresponding to that of the wire from which the frame andrunners are formed. Other wires 9 of lighter gage extend parallel withthe side bars 1 and bracewires 6 and are secured at their ends to thefront and rear bars of the frame and form a bed to receive and supportthe sack placed thereon.

As is well understood, the receiving end of the cotton-sack is attachedto the shoulders of the field-hand, and said sack is generally draggedover the ground upon its side, thereby causing the same to become wornand entailing considerable expense in keeping the same in propercondition. In accordance with this invention the cotton-sack is providedat its front end with a loop or strap, which latter is engaged with thehook 8 of the skid, the sack rest-ing upon the said skid. As a result ofthis arrangement the sack is supported by means of the skid, and thelatter, by reason of its positive connection with the sack, is drawnover the ground as the hand moves from one plant to another and gathersthe cotton.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed, and desired to besecured by Letters Patent, is

1. A skid for supporting a sack when harvesting cotton, comprising aframe provided at its rear end with metallic runners which depend belowthe plane of and extend beyond the rear of the frame of the device, andat its front end with means for making positive engagement with thesack, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. A skid for supporting a sack when harvesting cotton, comprising aframe, and metallic runners integrally formed from a single length ofmaterial, the runners depending below the plane of and extending beyondthe rear of the frame, whereby a spring is provided for thedevice,substantially as set forth.

3. A skid for supporting a sack or similar device when harvesting thecrop, comprising a frame formed of a length of wire bent to provide afront and side bars, and having the end portions of the wireoverlapping, forming rear bars and looped about the rear corner portionsof the frame and extended downwardly and rearwardly forming runners,substantially as set forth.

4. In a skid for supporting a sack or the like when harvesting the crop,the combination of a frame having runners at its rear end, and abrace-Wire having its end portions secured to the front and rear bars ofthe frame and having its front end extending forwardly of the front barand curving upwardly and terminating in a hook, substantially as and forthe purpose set forth.

5. In a skid for supporting a sack or the like when harvesting the crop,the combination of a frame formed of a single Wire and having its endportions overlapping and forming complementary bars, and having theterminal portions looped about portions of the frame and constructed toprovide runners, and wires extending lengthwise of the skid and havingtheir end portions bent around the front and rear bars thereof andconnecting the said complementary overlapping frame-bars, substantiallyas described.

6. The herein-described skid for the purposes set forth comprising awire bent to provide a frame of approximately rectangular form andhaving the end portions of the wire overlapping, looped around the rearcorner portions of the frame and extended and flattened, formingrunners, the front and rear bars being depressed between their ends, andwires extending longitudinally of the frame and having their endportions bent around the front and rear bars, the middle wire having itsfront end extended and curving up.- wardly and terminating in a hook,substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixedmy signature in the presence of two witnesses.

IVESTON Gr. HAMILTON. lVitnesses:

J. L. COGGIN, R. B. \VILLIAMsON.

